Book Review: The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond: Peter G. Peterson: Books
Book Review: The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond: Peter G. Peterson: Books
Extremely Relevant Book to Read Right Now,
By Dan Burstein (New York, United States) -
Pete Peterson’s “The Education of an American Dreamer” is a summer reading book with extreme relevance to the worlds of business, finance, and public policy in the summer of 2009. One of the last true “lions of Wall Street,” and one of America’s most concerned public citizens, Peterson here tells his life story with serious introspection and often searing candor. From his origins in a Greek immigrant family in Nebraska, to becoming a billionaire with the success of The Blackstone Group, Peterson has never lost his ethical and moral bearings. For anyone thinking about the major issues faced by American business and by the Obama administration as we rebuild the American economy and the American dream, this is required reading. For any young person thinking about a career in finance or in government, this is a book that should be read before you go to your next interview.
AN AMERICAN DREAMER FINDS SUCCESS,
By Ann Allyn Slessman “Annie” (Michigan) -
THE EDUCATION OF AN
AMERICAN DREAMER
Peter G. Peterson
Twelve
Hackette Book Group
ISBN: 978-0-446-55603-3
$34.99
Reviewer: Annie Slessman
As I read THE EDUCATION OF AN AMERICAN DREAMER, How A Son Of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way From A Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street and Beyond by Peter G. Peterson I heard the words of my own mother, “You and your willingness to work for it will determine what kind of life you have.” It is apparent that Peter G. Peterson agrees with my mother.
Living in a small Nebraska town and working in his father’s restaurant, Peterson learned early in life of the opportunities that living in America offered. Of Greek descent, his family worked hard and was very happy with the live they carved out for themselves in the U.S. Peterson’s father financed his college education starting at MIT and eventually at Northwestern. No stranger to work, Peterson financed his social life at Northwestern by working as a waiter. Upon graduating from Northwestern he entered the advertising field and eventually worked his way into the financial sector.
The name Peter G. Peterson brings to one’s mind the word success. From advertising to finance to politics, Peterson has proved to one and all that he has the ability and foresight to lead a generation of thinkers. His ability to say no to things that would tempt even the strongest of us, he has made choices in his life based on his own ideals and the ability to look forward. He is definitely not a man who lives for today only. He has always been a forward thinker, even today, as he wrote this work, he worries about what leaving a mess for our children and grandchildren. He even contributed one billion to finance his own Peter G. Peterson Foundation to hopefully educate our young in how to deal with the problems they are inheriting.
This was a good read. It provided a good analyst of today’s problem areas while telling the story of a young Nebraskan man who made his life one that everyone will find interesting and motivating. In today’s economy, $34.99 is a hefty price to pay for elective reading. However, I will go as far as to say, “It may be one of the best investments you make this year.”
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